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Old 08-30-2013, 09:12 AM   #65
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Originally Posted by Blunt View Post
I think it will take a long time to make up the additional cost of the transmission in fuel savings
Is there any real fuel savings? I could see if you did 90% highway, where the TC's in lockup, you'd do better since the top gear is so much higher. Around town, the manual should kill the auto.

I'm getting ~33 combined, biased probably 65/35 highway/city. Are A6s doing better than that?
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